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J. W. PACKER. PAPER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3l, 1905 6 SHEETS-SHEET 6 WWNEEEEE. f INVENTER l M/fza 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. PACKER, OF GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SANDY HILL IRON AND BRASS WORKS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PAPER-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

T0 all whom/ rit may concern.:

Beitknown thatLJAMEsWILLIAM PACKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glens Falls, county of Warren, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in side elevation of my improved shake-frame and a portion of the fixed frame located on the lefthand side of the figure for supporting the forward end of the shake-frame and a supporting-standard in the right-hand end of the figure for supporting the rear end of the shakeframe and adapted to form parts of a Fourdrinier machine for making paper. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the shake-frame detached from its rear support and connected with its forward support and showing the breast-roll in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section taken on the broken line 3 in Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a similar section taken on the broken line 4 4 in Fig. 1 viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of the mechanism employed to shake the shake-frame and showing the part of the frame to which it is connected. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of one of the standards which support the rear end of the shakeframe. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the standard shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken on the broken line 9 viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 10 is a similar section taken on the broken line 10 viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 11 is a view in side elevation of the adjustable standard-hanger detached. Fig. 12 is a view in front elevation of the part shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a view in front elevation of a rollsupporting hanger detached.

My improvements in paper-machines relate more particularly to the shake-frame and means for supporting and shaking the same.

The frame itself comprises two side bars 1 and 2, connected 4at their forward ends with the fixed frame 3 by a universal joint or balland-socket connection consisting of the ball or spherical head 4 on top of the pin 5, inserted in the fixed frame 3, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and the socket 6, formed on the under side of the forward ends of the side bars of the shake-frame.

The side bars are each connected at their rear end with the respective ends of an end bar 7 by means of the pivots 8, passing down through the end bar and side bars, respectively, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The rear ends of the side bars are provided with the hangers 12, which are connected with the standard-hangers 13 by means of the links 14, whereby the rear end of the shake-frame is pendulously supported by the standard-hangers and the shake-frame is adapted to be givenshake movements consisting of vibratory movements of the rear end of the shake-frame, the pivotal connections between the side bars and end bar permitting the side bars of the shake-frame to .vibrate freely on their respective supports on the fixed frame. l

By having the standard-hanger vertically adjustable on the fixed standard 15 and the supporting connections between the forward ends of the side bars and fixed frame in the form of a universial joint I am able to not only secure the necessary shake movements, but also to raise and lower the rear end of the shake-frame, as is frequently desired in making paper.

I have shown the supporting-standards with their adjustable hangers in detail in Figs. 7 to 11, inclusive.

The standards are each provided with a slideway 16, adapted to receive the shank 17 of the hanger 13 in such a manner that the rear offset 18 rests upon the upper end of the adjusting-screw 19, as seen in Fig. 1. By turning the adjusting-screw 19 to the right the hanger can be forced upwardly to any desired position and held in that position by the screw.

As a means for additionally securing the hanger in the desired adjusted position I provide the shank of the same with the bolt-slots 2O and the slideway-wall of the standard with IOO bolt-holes 21, adapted to receive the bolts 22, (shown in Fig. 1,) by which the shank 17 of the hanger can be securely and firmly fixed in the desired position in the slideway. The base 23 of the standard is provided with boltholes 24, adapted to receive bolts 25 for securing the standard to the fioor or other foundation. The hanger 13 is shown provided with a small groove 26 on its upper surface, adapted to receive the links 14, which support the rear end of the shake-frame.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is shown a method of securing the table-rolls 30, which support the making-wire. (Not shown.) The journals 31 on the rolls have a bearing' in the u per surface of rail 32, running longitudinal y of the frame and supported at suitable intervals by brackets 33, secured by bolt 34 to the upper rails 36 of the side bars of the shakeframe and by bolts 35 to the rails 32. In the same figure is also shown in section one of the save-alls 37, adapted to catch the drip from the rolls 30 and carry it to one side of the machine along the inclined bottom 38 and out the spout 39 at the lower end. These savealls are supported by cross-bars 40, which have end bearings on the bottom rails 41 and 42 of the side bars 1 and 2. The lower rails 41 and 42 are each provided with apertures 44, adapted to receive hangers 45, having bearings for the journals 46 of the rolls 47, adapted to support and guide the making- Wire beneath the table-rolls while it is returning to the breast-roll 50, supported by journals 51, having their bearings in the side bars of the shake-frame. The hangers 45 are detachably secured to the side bars of the shakeframe by means of the nuts 48, screwed onto the screw-threaded stem 49 of the hanger 45.

By having the shake-frame secured at its ends only and adapted to support all the rolls which carry the making-wire a uniform shake movement will be communicated to all the working parts in the vicinity of the shakeframe, and there are no floor fixtures projecting upwardly to interfere or impede the movements of the making-wire in changing or substituting a new wire for an old wire, and the rolls and save-alls can be easily and quickly removed and returned to place again when the making-wire is changed.

By having the rear support located rearwardly of the end bar 7 and the breast-roll detachably located on the upper side of the side bars of the shake-frame and forwardly of such end bar much more room is afforded for the easy manipulation of the breast-roll and making-wire in changing the wire. A. more compact and durable supporting connection between the rear end of the shakeframe and the supporting-standard is made possible, which could not be accomplished if the han er-supports of the shake-frame were located forwardly of the end bar.

By having a hanger-support near the lower edge of each side bar ofthe shake-frame and rearwardly of the end bar the standard-hangers can be projected vertically over the sidebar hangers without elevating the standardhanger above the breast-roll, the same being wholly contained in the space beneath the apron 55, which conducts the pulp from a source of supply (not shown) to the breastroll, making the standard much more rigid on account of its location near the floor or foundation to which the standard is secured.

l/Vith the parts so arranged and connected the vbratory movements of the shake-frame have less effect upon the supporting-standards to loosen them or get them out of position, and the connecting parts are made to occupy very little space, utilizing what was waste space beneath the apron.

56 represents the usual deckle-roll, with the deckle-belt 57 shown with a portion broken away.

As a means for communicating the requisite shake or vibratory movements to the shake-frame the end bar 7 is shown' in Figs. 2, 5, and 6 with a longitudinal projection on one side, provided with a vertical post 60, adapted to form near its lower end a vertical slideway 61 for one side or section of the follower or journal box 62, grooved to receive the post 60, the other side or section of the journal-box being similarly grooved to receive the post or slideway 63, which is secured to the post 60 by means of the screw-threaded studs 64 and 65, inserted in the post 60. The position of the post 63 is adjustably maintained on the screw-threaded studs by means of lock-nuts 66 and 67. The journalbox is lconnected with the short arm 68 of the bell-crank lever 69 by means of the journal or pivot 70 passing through the boX and the ears 71 and 72 of the short arm 68. The lever 69 is fulcrumed upon the pivot 73, passing through the ears 74 and 75 of the brackets 76, secured to the floor. The long arm 77 of the lever is connected with the crank or wrist pin 78 by means of the link 79, secured at its lower end to the arm 77 by' means of the pivot 80. The wrist-pin 78 projects from one side of the disk or pulley 81 at a short distance from the center of the disk. Rotary movements when imparted to the disk by hand or by means of a driving-belt 82, shown partly broken away and adapted to be connected with some source of power, (not shown,) will communicate vibratory movements to the lever 69 and through the follower or journal-box 62 approximately horizontal or shake movements to the shake-frame. It will be seen that this form of construction permits of a vertical adjustment of the end bar 7 and rear end of the shake-frame without interfering with the operation of the mechanism employed to produce the shake movements, the follower or j ournal-box 62 being free to slide vertically in the slideway IIO formed on the posts 61 and 63 to adjust-itselfl vided on their upper sides with bearings for the breast-roll opening upwardly and located forwardly of the end bar, and rear end hangers located rearwardly of the end bar, the side bars being adapted to be movably supported at their forward ends by a fixed frame, substantially as described.

2. A shake-frame for machines of the class described consisting of two side bars and one end bar movably connected together, the side bars at one end with the ends of the end bar, respectively, the side bars being provided with means for supporting the breastroll, table-rolls and return-rolls Jforwardly of the end bar, with rear end hangers located rearwardly of the end bar and with means for supporting the save-alls beneath the tablerolls, and adapted to be movably supported attheir forward ends by a fixed frame, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a fixed frame; of a shakeframe consisting of two side bars and one end bar movably connected together, the side bars at one end with the ends of the end bar, respectively, the side bars having rear end hangers located rearwardly of the end bar; breast, table and return rolls supported by the side bars forwardly of lthe end bar; supporting-standards; pendulous connections between the end hangers and standards, respectively; means for movably supportin the forward end of the shake-frame by the fixed frame; and means for vibrating the rear end of the shake -frame, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a fixed frame; of a shakeframe consisting of two side bars and one end `bar connected together byvertical pivots, the side bars atv one end with the ends of the end bar respectively, the side bars having end hangers located rearwardly of the end bar rolls supported by the side bars for carrying the making-wire; supporting-standards located rearwardly of the shake-frame and provided with hangers vertically above the side-bar hangers on the shake-frame, and supporting-links connecting the standardhangers with the side-bar hangers respectively; means for movably supporting the forward end of the shake-frame by the fixed frame, and means for vibrating the rear end of the shake-frame, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a fixed frame; of a shakeframe consisting of two side bars and one end bar connected together by vertical pivots, the side bars at one end with the ends of the end bar respectively; universal-joint connections between the forward end of the shakeframe and the xed frame; supporting-standards provided with hangers; pendulous connections between the shake-frame and hangers respectively means for imparting vertical movements to the standard hangers; means for securing the standard-hangers in different vertical positions; and means for communicating vibratory movements to the rear end of the shake-frame, substantially as described.

In a machine of the class described, the combination with a fixed' frame, and supporting-standards g of a shake-frame consisting of two side bars and one end bar movably connected together the side bars at one end with the ends of the end bar, respectively, wholly supported by end connections, the forward end bythe fixed frame and the rear end by the supporting-standards and means for detachably supporting the breast-roll on the upper side of the two side bars intermediately of the end connections ofthe shake-frame whereby the breast-roll can be moved along the upper side of the side bars forwardly of the end bar in changing the making-wire, such end bar being located intermediatelyT of the end connections of the shake-frame.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a shake-frame having its rear end vertically adjustable and provided with a vertical slideway; of a follower adapted to move vertically in such slideway; and means for imparting approximately horizontal reciprocatory movements to the follower whereby vibratory movements in a horizontal direction may be'imparted to the rear end of the shake frame, substantially as described.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a shake-frame having its rear end vertically adjustable and provided with a vertical slideway formed by adjustably securing a vertical bar to one side of the shake-frame and at a distance therefrom to permit the follower or journal-box to travel vertically between and be guided by such bar and a guideway on the shake-frame; and means for Vimparting to the follower approximately horizontal reciprocating movements, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a fixed frame; a shake-frame consisting of two side lbars and one end bar 'connected together by vertical pivots the side bars at one end with the ends of the end bar respectively; standards; hangers vertically adjustable on the standards 5 pendulous connections between the rear ends of the side bars of the shake-frame and the standardhangers respectively; universal-joint connec- IOO IIO

tions between the forward ends of the side bars of the shake-frame and fixed frame; a vertical slideway on one end of the end bar; a follower movable in such slideway; and means for imparting approximately horizontal'reeiproeatory movements to the follower, substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the Glass described, the combination with a fixed frame 5 a supporting-standard provided with hanger-supports located below the level of the breast-roll, whereby suoli roll can be moved upwardly and along the upper side of the side bars of the shake-frame when changing the makingwire; of a shake-frame inovably connected at its forward end with the fixed frame and proa vided at the lower part of its rear end with hanger-supports; a pendulous connection between the hanger supports of the shakeframe and the hanger-supports of the standard; and means for communicating shake movements to the shake-frame, substantially as described.-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of August, 1905.

JAMES W. PACKER.

Witnesses:

E. M. OREILLY, GEO. A. MosHER. 

